Umbrella.



R. H. RoNEY.

UMBBELLA. I APPLICATION FILED APRAI. 1910.

Patented 111111.11911.r

BOBERT HENRY BONNEY, 0F BURLINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.

Patented Mar. *7, 1911.

Application led April 21, 1910. Serial No. 556,816.

reference 1 designates the rod or staff of the unitamente.`

985,842. Specication of Letters Patent.

Toall ma/y concern:

`Be Amown that I, ROBERT H. HONEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Burlington, in the county ofAlamance and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and usefulUmbrella, of which the following is a specification.

Thls invention relates to umbrellas and more ,particularly to meanswhereby the ribs and s'tretchers may be detachably connected to the rodand runner without danger of becoming accidentally displaced relative ythereto.

Another object is to provide improved means whereby the ribs andstretchers may be securely locked in position without howeverinterfering with the pivotal movement thereof necessaryin opening andclosing the umbrella. ,l

. A further ob]ect is to provlde an. umbrella of this character which issimple and durable i in construction and the ribs and stretchers ofwhich can be removed without the necessit of detaching the cover fromthe rod.

ith these and o ther objects 1n view the invention consists in certainnovel details. of construction and combinations of parts hereinaftermore fully described and pointed out in the claim.

'In the accompanying drawings the pre- -ferred form ofthe invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :-Figure 1 .is a view partly in section and artly inelevation of a portion of an umbre la having the present improvementscombined therewith. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the runner the rodbeing shown in section therein. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one endportion of the runner and showing the stretcher receiving collar, thelocking plate being removed from the runner. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of 4one end portion of a stretcher adapted to be used inAconnection with the runner shown in Figs. 1, 2 and B. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the rib engaging collar adapted to be secured to therod at the ferrule end thereof, the cap ring being removed therefrom.Fig. 6 1s a central longitudinal section through the collar shown inFig. 5. Fig. 7 is a perspectiveview of a cap ring adapted to be used inconnection with the collar shown in Figs. 5 and G. Fig. 8 is aperspective vienT of the pivot end of a rib to be used in connectionwith the collar shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

l'eferringA to the figures by characters of umbrella, there 'being asleeve 2 secured thereto close to the ferrule thereof, said sleeve beingfastened in any preferred manner, as by means of a locking pin 3extended diametrically therethrough and through the staff. An annularcollar 4 is formed around the inner end of the sleeve and has a seriesof radial slots 5 extending thereinto at regular intervals, each slotopening into a cylindrical bore 6 which is parallel with thelongitudinal axisA of the sleeve. The outer ends of these bores 6 andthe slots 5 are adapted t0 be closed by a split spring ring or Washer 7which extends around the sleeve 2 and is adapted to be sprung into anannular groove 8 formed within said sleeve and flush with the outer faceof the collar. The bores 6 do not extend entirely through the collar 4but merely extend thereinto a suilicient distance to constituteeiiicient seats for the ribs of the umbrella as will be hereinafter setforth. rIl he slots 5, however, extend entirely througlithecollar andare constantly open at their inner ends, to-Wit, those ends nearest thehandle of the umbrella.

A tubular runner 9 is slidably mounted on the rod or staff 1 in theusual manner, this runner bein provided at that end thereof nearest theerrule of the staff, with an annular collar 10 provided with a series ofradial slots 11, lall of said slots opening into an annular groove 12formed Within/the face of the collar nearest the umbrella handle.`

about therunner so as to bring the slot 15.

into register with any one of the slots 11 and with the adjoiningportion of the annular groove 12.

A spring 1G is coiled about and secured to the runner and has a lockingtongue or extension 17 extending radially from said runner and adapted,when the ring 111 is in a predetermined position and with its slot 15out of register with any of the slots 11, to be seated Within said slot15 and thus lioldthe ring against movement. The ring is additionallyheld by a knob or projection 18 formed upon the end of the extension 17and adapted to be seated within a relos cess ll) formed in the peripheryof the colheld against detachment, are, nevertheless lar 10. NV hen thisenlargement is thus seatfree to swing relative to the collars 4 and 10.ed Within the recess, it becomes impossible In order that the runner 9may be prefor the end of the spring to be shifted latvented fromrotating upon the statt1 l erally. through the action oit the Wind Whilethe Each rib 2O of the umbrella has a subumbrella is open or as a resultof whirling stantially semi-circular head 2l provided the open umbrella,a notch 23 is preferably with fiat opposed faces, the distance beformedin one end of the runner, and is tween these faces being a littlelessthan the adapted, when the umbrella is raised or Width of any oneoit the slots 5. That poropened, to receive a spring catch 24 or the 65tion of the rib adjacent the head is also like mounted Within the stal land which shaped so as to be readily inserted into and thus serves notonly to hold the runner rotated within one of the slots 5. againstlongitudinal movement but to 4also Each of the ribs has a stretcher 22pivotprevent it from rotating. ally connected to it as ordinarily, eachof It is of course to be understood that varithe stretchers beingprovided with a T- ous changes may be made in the construcshaped head 23at its free end and which tion and arrangement of the parts Without isso shaped as to lit snugly Within the andeparting from the spirit orsacriicing any nular groove l2 while the adjoining port-ion of theadvantages of the invention as deof the stretcher is mounted to swingwithin fined in the appended claim. one of the slots 1l. The head 23 ispretcn y W'hat is claimed is ably tapered toward each end and is roundedso as to reduce friction to the minimum.

When it is desired to disengage a rib and its stretcher from the stati"or rod of the nmbrella, and from the runner, the extension 17 of thespring is shifted out of the slot tion of the respective stretchers,means on l5 and the locking ring la is then rotated the stretchers forpreventing their With.-

r' An umbrella including a statt, a runner l 1 i so as to bring the slotl5 into register with l drawal from the slots, a ring mounted toroslidably mounted thereon, ribs pivotallyand detaehably connected tothe staff, stretchers connected to the ribs, a collar upon the run- S0ner and having radial slots for the recepthe slot ll in which thestretcher 22 to be tate upon the runner and bearing upon one 85 removed,is located. rlhe said stretcher and end thereof to close the slots andretain the its head 23- can. then. loe-slid out of the slot stretehersin position therein, said ringdiav- 11. and'throiigli tti/l slot l5 thusbecoming ing a slot movable into register with anydetached from thecollar l0. Ilhe rib 2() one of the slots in the collar to release the isnony free to be partly rotated and by givstretcher in said slot, aspring secured to ing it a one-quarter rotation, the head 2l and coiledabout the runner and bearing thereon can be brought into register Withupwardly, on the rings, to retard the rotathe slots 5 and can beWithdrawn through tion of the ring, said spring having'an upsaid`slots.To place the rib and stretcher i wardly extending terminal portionprovided upon the statil and runner, the foregoing with a knob, therebeing a recess in the operation is reversed. The rib 20 is lirstperipheral portion of the collar for the replaced so as to permit itshead 2l to be inception of the knob, said spring being .movserted intothe proper slot 5 and said rib l able into the slot in the ring to holdsaid is then givenaone-quarter turn so as to bring ring against movementrelative to the colthe head 2l in position across the slot 5 lar whenthe slot in the ring is brought into 100 and within the bore 6. The ringist is then position out of register with the slots in rotated to bringthe slot J5 into register I the collar. with the proper slot ll and 'thehead 23 I ln testimony that I claim the foregoing on the stretcher 22 oithe rib is then swung l as my own, have hereto affixed my signathroughsaid slot 15 andhinto the groove l2 ture in the presence oi twoWitnesses.

and the slot 1l after which, by turning the ROT HENRY HONEY' ring 14 toits normal. position, the stretcher will be firmly held .fxgaiiistdisi'ilacemel'it. l VitnesseS: I

It will be obvious of course that the ribs l J. M. Dix, and stretohers,all'hougli being thus securely M. A. @Maven

